round, flat, and only slightly leavened bread; when cut into pieces, the top and bottom are pulled apart to form a pocket into which fillings can be stuffed.
Pita (also called pitta (British English) or pita bread, Arabic كماج Kmaj or خبز عربي, Cyrillic пита, Greek πίτα, Hebrew פִּתָּה or פיתה Pitta, Romanian pită, Turkish pide bread) is a round, wheat flatbread made with yeast. Pita being a Greek word meaning flat. Pita, as well as other double-layered flat or pocket bread is traditional in many Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cuisines from North Africa, South America tortilas, through the Levant and the Arabian Peninsula to India and Afghanistan, coincide along side the spread of the Hellenistic world.